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The Nicaraguan Coup Attempt: How Peace Was Restored and What Has Happened Since

The Nicaraguan Coup Attempt: How Peace Was Restored and What Has Happened Since

August 6, 2023

Three previous articles described the attempted coup in Nicaragua in 2018, and how public support grew initially but then waned. This final article, covering the period from mid-July to the present day, shows how the coup was defeated and what happened in the aftermath. By July 2018, three months of violence – over 200 deaths […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, US intervention, Nicaragua crisis

Graffiti on a street in Belfast, United Kingdom. (Joe Lauria)

Inscrutable Sanctions

July 15, 2023

Britain and the U.S. impose economic sanctions on dozens of governments they don’t like, write Erik Mar and John Perry. Some people in Nicaragua are being targeted on the basis of little or no evidence.

Category: Latin America | Tags: human rights, sanctions, Nicaragua, US intervention | 2 Responses

Nicaragua: On the Fifth Anniversary of a Coup Attempt, Conflicting Accounts Persist

Nicaragua: On the Fifth Anniversary of a Coup Attempt, Conflicting Accounts Persist

July 9, 2023

Nicaragua: On the Fifth Anniversary of a Coup Attempt, Conflicting Accounts Persist On the fifth anniversary of the 2018 coup attempt in Nicaragua, conflicting accounts of the violence and killings still persist. The mainstream media has characterized the opposition protests as generally peaceful and cases of opposition violence as counter violence against brutal repression of […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, Nicaragua crisis, human rights

The attempted 2018 coup in Nicaragua: why its support collapsed

The attempted 2018 coup in Nicaragua: why its support collapsed

June 27, 2023

Dan Kovalik and John Perry Two previous articles described the build up to the attempted coup in Nicaragua and how the media were crucial in convincing the public to support it. This article, covering the period from May 30 onwards, shows how the initial support peaked, then collapsed. After more than a month of conflict, […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, Nicaragua crisis

Matagalpa in flames, June 2018

Matagalpa in flames, June 2018

June 24, 2023

Matagalpa, a commercial city in the mountainous north of Nicaragua, suffered many destructive attacks during the attempted coup in 2018. One of the worst occurred on June 25, when opposition vandals robbed and later set fire to the municipal depot, or plantel, where the vehicles and equipment are kept that maintain the city. The destruction […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua crisis, Nicaragua

Nicaragua rebuilds - five years after US-funded terror was defeated

Nicaragua rebuilds – five years after US-funded terror was defeated

June 17, 2023

Five years after the violent coup attempt in Nicaragua, the country is celebrating its recovery – peace has returned, the economy is growing, the Sandinista government re-elected in 2021 is investing strongly in public services. But it’s important to remember what happened in 2018 and the enormous, deliberate damage that was done to the country. […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, Nicaragua crisis, human rights | 3 Responses

"Peaceful" protesters in Masaya on the first day of the coup attempt, April 18, 2018

Masaya in flames – five years afterwards

May 26, 2023

An interview with Randall, a “historic fighter” from Nicaragua’s revolution against the Somoza dictatorship, about the attempted coup in 2018 and how the violence affected his neighbourhood. During the attempted coup in Nicaragua in 2018, Masaya was one of the cities most affected by the violence and by the widespread use of roadblocks to control […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, Nicaragua crisis

How “peaceful protests” in Nicaragua became an attempted coup

How “peaceful protests” in Nicaragua became an attempted coup

May 15, 2023

John Perry and Dan Kovalik Five years ago, Nicaragua was subject to a violent insurrection that lasted from April through July, 2018. In the second of four articles, we look at how initial support for the coup relied on widespread use of social media. The “groundwork for insurrection” in Nicaragua was laid down months and […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua crisis, Nicaragua, US intervention, media

Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention & Resistance, by Daniel Kovalik

Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention & Resistance, by Daniel Kovalik

April 29, 2023

Reviewed by John Perry and Jill Clark-Gollub The latest book by labor and human rights attorney, Daniel Kovalik, Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention and Resistance (2023, Clarity Press, 292 pages), is a worthy addition to the author’s collection of works on countries targeted by US imperialism, such as Venezuela, Russia, and Iran. While giving […]

Category: Latin America, Book reviews | Tags: Nicaragua, US intervention, Nicaragua crisis, Nicaraguan elections

Should we be concerned about what ChatGPT “thinks” about Latin America?

Should we be concerned about what ChatGPT “thinks” about Latin America?

April 23, 2023

ChatGPT is a powerful AI chatbot that is as easy to use as Google and provides more direct answers to users’ questions. Ask it anything you like, and you will receive an answer that sounds like it was written by a human, based on knowledge and writing skills gained from massive amounts of data from […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: chile, Nicaragua, Cuba, US intervention, media, Venezuela, Guatemala

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